Finance Contracts in Gloucestershire

Financial
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 -20
Contract jobs citing Finance 32 51 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 12.21% 12.11% 7.00%
As % of the General category 26.02% 26.29% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 21
10th Percentile £385 £387 £463
25th Percentile £425 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile £735 £693 £663
South West median daily rate £525 £555 £575
% change year-on-year -5.41% -3.48% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £29.67 - -
25th Percentile £33.89 £17.50 -
Median hourly rate £43.70 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% - -
75th Percentile £55.74 £20.50 -
90th Percentile £61.30 - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £14.79 £38.35
% change year-on-year +305.68% -61.43% +13.63%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 123 194 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 46.95% 46.08% 46.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 94 147
10th Percentile £184 £300 £275
25th Percentile £319 £425 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £566 £625 £588
90th Percentile £696 £688 £675
South West median daily rate £510 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 30 6
10th Percentile £26.27 £14.00 £35.40
25th Percentile £52.74 £18.15 £39.55
Median hourly rate £67.50 £40.00 £45.28
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -11.65% +39.74%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.81 £51.50
90th Percentile - £72.63 £73.00
South West median hourly rate £56.12 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +20.98% -23.13% +42.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Gloucestershire

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Gloucestershire

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Gloucestershire

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Gloucestershire

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Gloucestershire

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester +2 11 £475 - 32
Cheltenham -4 4 £700 +55.56% 39
Cirencester +2 2 £413 +96.43% 4
Lechlade - 1 £450 -
Tewkesbury - 1 - - 8
Filton - 1 - - 1
Finance
South West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (15.63%) Confluence
2 1 (3.13%) MS Project Server
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (6.25%) Matillion
3 2 (6.25%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.25%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.13%) Power BI
3 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) JIRA
General
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Local Government
3 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.25%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.13%) Electronics
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Marketing
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (15.63%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) SAP Trainer
2 4 (12.50%) Trainer
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Developer
3 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.38%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
3 3 (9.38%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Active Directory Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Data Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Content Editor
4 2 (6.25%) IAM Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) SailPoint Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) SAP Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.13%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Agile
2 6 (18.75%) Project Management
3 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (15.63%) ETL
3 5 (15.63%) Scrum
4 4 (12.50%) Content Development
4 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 3 (9.38%) Business Case
5 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
5 3 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (9.38%) Migration
5 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
5 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.25%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.13%) APMP
5 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.13%) IIBA
5 1 (3.13%) ISEB
5 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) SAP
2 5 (15.63%) Ariba
3 2 (6.25%) Databricks
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.13%) MuleSoft